 | 1836 - 356 pagine
...for in this case, the bare act will not make a man guilty, unless the will make it so. Now a strvant, it is true, if he go voluntarily, and have his proportion,...consideration of the jury, they found them not guilty. Kidd was tried upon an indictment of murder also, viz. for killing Moor, the gunner, and found guilty... | |
 | Peter Burke - 1866 - 420 pagine
...unless the will make it so. Now a servant, it is true, if he go voluntarily, and have 'his proposition, he must be accounted a pirate, for then he acts upon...accounted to their masters for their shares afterwards, yea or no, as they pretend, but make no proof of it, I must leave that to you; and therefore there... | |
 | 1926 - 328 pagine
...be apprentices to some of the officers of the ship, and producing their indentures in court, where acquitted. The three above mentioned, though they...consideration of the jury, they found them not guilty. Kidd was tried upon an indictment of murder also, viz. for killing Moor, the gunner, and found guilty... | |
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... there must go an intention of the mind and a freedom of the will to the committing an act of felony or piracy. A pirate is not to be understood to be under constraint, but a free agent ; for in this case, the bare act will not make a man guilty, unless... 